Factors influencing clinicians' perceptions of interruptions as disturbing or non-disturbing: A qualitative study

A large number of preventable errors occur in health care. In the USA alone, some 98,000 hospital deaths (many preventable) per year are related to health system errors (Kohn et  al., 1999). In a recent Swedish report, it was estimated that adverse events occurred in 14% of all patient care activities and approximately 62% of these were preventable, equivalent to about 124,000 patient-years (Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, 2014). Errors are often attr ibuted to frequent interruptions that may have detrimental effects on patient safety (Laxmisan et al., 2007; McGillis Hall et al., 2010; Westbrook and Li, 2013; Westbrook et al., 2010).

Source: International Emergency Nursing - February 2, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Lena M. Berg, Ann-Sofie K ällberg, Anna Ehrenberg, Jan Florin, Jan Östergren, Therese Djärv, Juliana J. Brixey, Katarina E. Göransson Source Type: research